Job Title: Material Planner-Buyer
Reports to: Supply Chain Manager
Job Summary: Responsible for material purchasing across the Gaishin network (3 sites). Material purchasing consists of raw materials and all supporting tools and supplies for production.
Job Duties:
- Analyze raw material requirements for production schedule and make purchases to support
- Balance workflow to honor lead times, hit commitments and ensure efficiency
- Engage with operations, quality and engineering to understand and remove bottlenecks
- Manage outside service vendors (logistics, performance & relationship)
- Balance flow of materials to production to optimize cost & inventory controls
- Facilitate material quoting with supply base
- Identify, evaluate and select new suppliers
- Engage in material negotiations
- Own semi-annual pricing updates, analysis and review for outside vendor services
Functional Skills:
- Demonstrate strong understanding of material flow within manufacturing
- Computer and technical aptitude – thorough knowledge of office products and MRP
- Data driven with ability to track, analyze and report on data
- Process & accountability driven
- Clear communicator & excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to understand technical drawings / specifications / bill of materials
- Ability to identify improvement opportunities
Qualifications/Desired Experience:
- Procurement experience
- MRP experience
- Vendor sourcing & contract negotiation
- Associates or Bachelors degree preferred
- Detail oriented and extremely organized
- Root cause analysis & problem solving (continuous improvement)